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Post by stevieinselby on Sept 20, 2014 19:07:52 GMT 1
Having now gone through the timetable in a bit more detail, there aren't a huge number of changes from the summer, just the odd summer-only journey that has been lost and a couple where the through bus and connecting bus have swapped round ... but what did strike me was the poor proofreading of the timetable. Several journeys shown as the wrong colour, some connection arrows in the wrong place or the wrong way round or missing altogether, and one journey that was shown both at the end of one table and the start of the next. And more so now than ever before, it seems like it would be a good idea for Coastliner to use a different number for buses going no further east than Malton. While there are more journeys to Scarbados than Pickering, it still doesn't make sense to have 843 as the "default" number, with so many of them terminating short ... it would be better to have different numbers for buses terminating at Malton to those serving Scarbados.
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Post by Arriva Wakefield on Sept 21, 2014 0:36:44 GMT 1
Having now gone through the timetable in a bit more detail, there aren't a huge number of changes from the summer, just the odd summer-only journey that has been lost and a couple where the through bus and connecting bus have swapped round ... but what did strike me was the poor proofreading of the timetable. Several journeys shown as the wrong colour, some connection arrows in the wrong place or the wrong way round or missing altogether, and one journey that was shown both at the end of one table and the start of the next. And more so now than ever before, it seems like it would be a good idea for Coastliner to use a different number for buses going no further east than Malton. While there are more journeys to Scarbados than Pickering, it still doesn't make sense to have 843 as the "default" number, with so many of them terminating short ... it would be better to have different numbers for buses terminating at Malton to those serving Scarbados. How abouts 844 for the terminators?
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Post by gaz6371 on Sept 21, 2014 9:45:39 GMT 1
The Sunday services to Whitby and Bridlington are due to cease at the end of October(according to the rotas) this is another timetable mistake.but as they have had a large amount of timetables printed it may be a cheaper option to keep the service running.also has anyone noticed the Bridlington service on a Sunday is a 835..this
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Post by stevieinselby on Sept 25, 2014 22:51:52 GMT 1
The Sunday services to Whitby and Bridlington are due to cease at the end of October(according to the rotas) this is another timetable mistake.but as they have had a large amount of timetables printed it may be a cheaper option to keep the service running.also has anyone noticed the Bridlington service on a Sunday is a 835..this And here we are, a week after the timetable was published (which was appallingly short notice for when it started anyway) and they still haven't corrected it on their website or even posted a note to say there are mistakes on it. Let's see if they also bother to correct the journeys in the wrong colours, the journey marked as 835, the connection arrows that are missing or in the wrong place or pointing the wrong way, and the journey that appears twice. For a company that used to pride itself on its excellent service, this really does highlight just how far they have fallen. Just cr ap. Utterly, utterly cr ap.
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Post by stevieinselby on Oct 2, 2014 21:27:26 GMT 1
So two weeks after they published the timetable, and they still haven't corrected the PDF or put a note on the website ... utterly bluddy useless and showing nothing but contempt for their customers. I won't say "passengers" because Transdev clearly no longer see themselves as providing a service to passengers, just as a business to bilk customers. And of course the information has now been published on NYCC's website (because they just pinch the Coastliner timetable rather than produce one of their own).
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Post by deerfold on Oct 3, 2014 8:36:23 GMT 1
Has anyone mentioned the mistakes to Coastliner? Obviously they shouldn't be there in the first place, but if they've missed them before publishing the timetable, they probably won't notice without a nudge.
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Post by stevieinselby on Oct 4, 2014 17:18:30 GMT 1
Has anyone mentioned the mistakes to Coastliner? Obviously they shouldn't be there in the first place, but if they've missed them before publishing the timetable, they probably won't notice without a nudge. Yes, I know someone who pointed out the mistakes to Coastliner by email over the launch weekend, and got an email back on the Monday to acknowledge the problem.
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Post by deerfold on Oct 5, 2014 1:23:52 GMT 1
Has anyone mentioned the mistakes to Coastliner? Obviously they shouldn't be there in the first place, but if they've missed them before publishing the timetable, they probably won't notice without a nudge. Yes, I know someone who pointed out the mistakes to Coastliner by email over the launch weekend, and got an email back on the Monday to acknowledge the problem. Fair enough. I picked up a printed version of the timetable today,containing all the same mistakes.
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Post by Russ on Oct 19, 2014 20:08:15 GMT 1
Is there only 1 direct 845 to Filey/Brid a day now and another with a change at malton?
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Post by andyk4050 on Oct 19, 2014 20:15:24 GMT 1
Is there only 1 direct 845 to Filey/Brid a day now and another with a change at malton? Up to next weekend, then no service to bridlington or Whitby until 6th April 2015, displays this on the bus
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Post by stevieinselby on Oct 19, 2014 20:26:42 GMT 1
Is there only 1 direct 845 to Filey/Brid a day now and another with a change at malton? Coast-bound that's right, but city-bound there is one direct and two with a change. Of course, if your journey is from York to Bridlington, you would do far better to use the EYMS 45/46, which runs 6 times a day, and 3 times on Sunday, and save money as well. Not so great if you're going to Filey, and obviously if you're coming from Leeds or Taddy and have to pay for the ticket it will cost more, but apart from that it's a better bet, the journey time is about the same, and it's a more scenic route across the wolds.
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Post by siwelsbuses on Nov 13, 2014 16:37:41 GMT 1
Whilst in a malton the other day, I picked up two Coastliner timetable; one commencing in September 2014 and the other for October. Is this normal practice?
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Post by deerfold on Nov 13, 2014 17:59:40 GMT 1
Whilst in a malton the other day, I picked up two Coastliner timetable; one commencing in September 2014 and the other for October. Is this normal practice? Looks like they've produced a corrected version without the incorrect route numbers (online at www.yorkbus.co.uk/cmsUploads/route/files/Coastliner%20AW14%20online.pdf ) - this'll be the October version.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Nov 13, 2014 18:43:52 GMT 1
Plus there were some minor times changes in October as well.
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Post by stevieinselby on Nov 13, 2014 23:59:27 GMT 1
Whilst in a malton the other day, I picked up two Coastliner timetable; one commencing in September 2014 and the other for October. Is this normal practice? No, they cocked up. Traditionally, the timetable always changed twice a year, May and September. Then in autumn 2011, when NYCC withdrew funding for Sunday buses, they cancelled the Whitby and Bridlington services on winter Sundays ... but kept them running through the Moorsbus season, so the winter timetable had some services that ran "until end October and from start April" (or something similar), and some that ran "from start November to end March". They have kept that pattern despite the Moorsbus having gone for a burton. (A skeleton service between Malton and Thornton-le-Dale was retained, but the timings are utterly useless for anyone wanting to visit Ryedale from York or Leeds). Then in summer 2014, they introduced a new scheme whereby a couple of the additional summer season journeys didn't start until June. So this year, there have been changes in April, May, June, September and October ... not as easy for customers to follow, not by a long way. And then, to make matters worse, when they had the winter timetable printed, they didn't bother to proofread it, so it was riddled with mistakes (one 845 journey marked as 835, numerous journeys shaded the wrong colours, some continuation arrows in the wrong place or facing the wrong way ... and most significantly, they completely forgot about marking the Sunday services on the 840 and 845 as not running for most of the winter season). So they had to have it reprinted.
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Post by siwelsbuses on Nov 20, 2014 18:22:09 GMT 1
I see! Thanks for that. Just looking a the timetable dated 26th October and I can't see any faults?
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Post by stevieinselby on Nov 21, 2014 0:55:46 GMT 1
I see! Thanks for that. Just looking a the timetable dated 26th October and I can't see any faults? No, the timetable issued on 26 October should have fixed all the mistakes that were presented in the September edition.
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